One day, I was preparing for an event with a colleague. We had about a half-hour to go before 50 people would arrive for the start of the day. We were running late and were just starting to set up the venue. I thought we would need at least one more hour to even begin to be ready. I was getting nervous. All of a sudden, I felt myself accelerate as if my physical and psychic system was speeding up; my breathing got shallow, my movements became jerky and frantic, my mind started racing, yet no matter how fast I went it seemed as if time was going even faster. Not only that but the level of mistakes I was making and the amount of time I had to spend repeating and fixing things increased exponentially. Luckily at that moment my colleague noticed and came over. He said in a nonchalant and slow voice, “Doris, we don’t have time for you to go fast. Take a deep breath, let’s work slow.” Read More